Alter table to primary key and check it in user_ind_columns and user_cons_columns
SQL> SQL> set echo off SQL> create table emp( 2 emp_id integer 3 ,lastname varchar2(20) constraint lastname_create_nn not null 4 ,firstname varchar2(15) constraint firstname_create_nn not null 5 ,midinit varchar2(1) 6 ,street varchar2(30) 7 ,city varchar2(20) 8 ,state varchar2(2) 9 ,zip varchar2(5) 10 ,shortZipCode varchar2(4) 11 ,area_code varchar2(3) 12 ,phone varchar2(8) 13 ,company_name varchar2(50)); Table created. SQL> SQL> create unique index pk_idx on emp (emp_id); Index created. SQL> SQL> alter table emp add (constraint pk_alter primary key(emp_id)); Table altered. SQL> SQL> select index_name, table_name, column_name from user_ind_columns where table_name = 'emp'; no rows selected SQL> SQL> select constraint_name, table_name, column_name from user_cons_columns where table_name = 'emp'; no rows selected SQL> SQL> drop table emp cascade constraints; Table dropped.